manpower
Example Sentences
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With the city facing a budget crunch, police officials and union leaders have warned that less resources and manpower risks causing an uptick in crime.
From Los Angeles Times
The Coast Guard and U.S. military have the manpower and weapons to forcibly board the vessel, the officials said.
Heavy industrial traffic tore up rural roads that were never built for that kind of weight, and the counties hit the hardest didn’t have the money or manpower to keep up with the damage.
From Salon
McDonnell warned them that more manpower is required to maintain public safety.
From Los Angeles Times
The Coast Guard and U.S. military are assembling more manpower and weapons to forcibly board Bella 1, a runaway oil tanker linked to Iran and Venezuela, the WSJ reported.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
